Legal Opinion
State v. Manocchio
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 10, 2000No. 98-574-M.PPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The petitioner, the State of Rhode Island (state), seeks review of a Superior Court order mandating expungement of several entries in certain Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI) records maintained by the Attorney General relating to the respondent, Louis Manocchio. The order issued based upon the Superior Court’s asserted inherent power to do so. For the reasons explained below, we hold that the Superior Court lacked the inherent power to expunge these records.
On June 16, 1998, the respondent filed a motion to expunge various entries that pertained to him in the BCI records.…
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